Garden-tool.



A. JACKSON.

v GARDEN TOOL, APPLICATION FILED $.14, 190s.

- Patented Dec. 29,1908.

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awe mug To all whom itmay concern which the tool. made in accordance UNITED s ATEs PATENT OFFICE.

. ANDREW JAoKson, 0F RIVERSIDE, ILLINOIS.

Be it known that I, ANDREW JACKSON, a citizen of the United States of America. residin at'Riverside, in the county of (look and tate of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Garden-Tools, of

following is a specification.

objects of the same -1s to provide a tool which can be utilized for various. purposes about a garden or lawn. p

Another object of the device is toprovide a tool which can be used as a rake, a dibble,

a hoe and lawn edger by merely turn' e' a'ifi the handle to bring each one of th into position for use.

These and other objects may be attained by means of the construction illustrated-in the accompanyingdrawing, in which,-

Flgure 1 is a perspective view of a garden Fig. 2 is a front elevation of thet'ooL, 3 is a plan view ofthe same.

.lteferring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates a curved plate which may be formed of sheet steel or other metal breast of the required shape. Said plate is provided ulponone endwith a hoe blade 2 and u on t e opposite end with a dibble 3.

pon onesi formed, and

late a lawn being bent atger 5 is provided, said nghtangles to the-plate, as

Spoctfleation of Letters Patent. Application am August 14, m. Serial No. 448,606.

- ing throu its purpose. with my invention. 7

e of the plate rake teeth 4 are u n the opposite edge of the shown in the drawing. The edger substantially semicircular in form and s p vided with a suitable beveled cutting ro edge; As a matter of fact the entire plate may beveled upon its marginal edge, thus forming a sharpened hoe, a sharpened dlbble and rake teeth and an ed or having sharpened points and edges. e tool 1s secured to a suitable socket 6 having laterally tending ears 7 by means of rlvets 8 extendh said ears and through the plate. e handle 9 is secured to the A tool. such as I have described will be found of great utility in the garden,

A suitab socket 6.

for various purposes about the go. en or lawn. The cost of manufacture of such a tool is comparatively slight, and each 1me and eflicient for plement is strong, durab Icla1m:-' f A garden tool comprisin' a curved plate having a hoe u on oneen a dibble upon the opposite en a rake upon one side, and

a lawn edger upon the opposite side, said lawn ed r .havm a curved cutting edge and bent zi t right aigles to the plate.

In testimon whereof I aflix my signature in presence 0 two witn w ANDREW JACKSON.

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Mann. Panama," 1 H. G. Ba'mm zma.

Patented Dec. 29, 190's,

for thereason that the onetool maybe em loycd. 

